Parachuter Falling to Earth, Poignant Pair of Old Photos German nativity or just propped somewhere

or just propped somewhere

The original tissue/tracing paper facing each page is still mostly in place

I like to think they were best friends

crayon colored in quadrants and written upon in ink in the most excellent hand of the subject himself

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Parachuter Falling to Earth, Poignant Pair of Old Photos German nativity or just propped somewhereI find these photographs so beautiful individually and together. Pretty much nothing so existential as falling from the sky! And then so simply beautiful as a parachute opening to slow one's fall. Here the first photo captured just after the parachute has opened, and the second just after the parachuter has touched down, with a man running fast toward him from the bottom right corner. Pure and perfect. Each 4 7 8" x 3 7 8". Sold as a pair. Some visual